Civic office Civic office What does the Civic Office do? The Civic Office provides administrative support to the Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, coordinates their civic diary as well as giving advice on protocol and civic procedures. The office also organises civic and ceremonial events such as remembrance services, freedom parades, freemen of Beverley admission ceremonies, ministerial visits, civic receptions and dinners, opening of council buildings and launches council initiatives. You can contact the Civic Office by the following means: In writing: East Riding of Yorkshire Council County Hall Does the council have a coat of arms and can I use it to promote my organisation ? East Riding of Yorkshire Council's coat of arms was commissioned from the College of Arms and designed by Robert Noel, Bluemantle Pursuivant. The coat of arms, which bears the motto 'Tradition and Progress', was formally adopted by the council in 1996 and they have become a familiar symbol throughout the East Riding of Yorkshire. A full explanation of the coat of arms can be viewed below: Can I book the Guildhall for my event ? East Riding of Yorkshire Council has set the Guildhall aside for use as the non political office of the Chairman of the council.

The Guildhall is used for civic and ceremonial occasions such as the Beverley pasture master elections, freemen of Beverley admission ceremonies, civic receptions and dinners. The Guildhall is not available for public hire. Guided tours of the Guildhall can be arranged through the Guildhall Curator on (01482) 392775 and a small charge will be made. What are Freemen of Beverley ? Prior to 2010, only sons of freemen could be admitted as a freeman of Beverley. They must have been born in Beverley and must have been at least 21 years of age. In addition, their father had to have been a freeman when the son was born. There was also the possibility for admission as a freeman by servitude (apprenticeship). The rules around servitude have remained unchanged. The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 came into force on 12th January 2010 which means that daughters of freemen may now be admitted even if they were not born in Beverley.

It also allows those sons of freemen, who did not previously qualify due to the strict criteria, to continue the family tradition and become freemen. How do I become a freeman of Beverley ? If one of your parents has been admitted as a freeman of Beverley then, upon the attaining the age of 21 years, you are entitled to be admitted irrespective of where you were born or live. A copy of your birth certificate, showing the name of the parent from whom you are claiming your birthright, should be sent to the civic office together with a letter outlining your intention or complete the Freeman application form online (opens in new window) . Ceremonies to admit freemen of Beverley are held annually at the Guildhall, Beverley in the presence of the Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Chief Executive of East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Town Mayor of Beverley. Once appointed, the name of the new freeman is entered onto the Beverley freemen's list which is maintained by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. What is a pasture freeman ? A pasture freeman is a freeman of Beverley who resides within the town/parish boundaries of Beverley, Molescroft and Woodmansey.

If they should subsequently move outside of the said boundaries, their name is deleted from the roll of pasture freemen and they may be re-installed if they should return to take up residence within the said boundaries. Pasture freemen are permitted to stock the common pastures of Westwood, Swinemoor and Figham. Pasture Freemen who do not wish to stock the pastures are known as non-stockers and they receive monetary benefits in lieu. The roll of pasture freemen is maintained by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. What is a pasture master ? An act of Parliament passed in 1836 placed the management of the common pasture surrounding the town of Beverley, namely Westwood, Swinemoor and Figham, in the body of 12 pasture masters elected annually from among the pasture freemen. The pasture masters elections are held on 1st March each year, unless it falls on a Sunday when the election will take place on the Monday, at the Guildhall, Beverley and, on behalf of the Chairman of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, is presided over by the Town Mayor of Beverley. The election may be terminated by the Town Mayor if a period exceeding 20 minutes elapses between votes.

Two auditors are also elected from among the pasture freemen. Each year, the elected pasture masters assess the grazing possibilities of each pasture and allocate the number of livestock allowed on each. The allocation is known as 'gaits', a cow and a horse being one gait each with three sheep to one gait. The pasture masters advertise in the press the availability of gaits and allocate on the replies received. The pasture freemen or their widows receive priority when the pasture masters are allocating gaits with the remaining gaits let to whoever applies. Stocking the pastures is usually from mid April to mid December each year. If there is a surplus of revenue over the expenditure at the year end, part is retained for emergencies and the remainder is distributed in October to non-stocking Freemen or their widows. When a Pasture Freeman dies, their widow is entitled to have their name entered on the widows’ roll. They are entitled to stock the pastures in the same way as a pasture freemen, but they are not eligible to vote in the election of pasture masters. Dates for hoisting flags (external website) The Union Flag may be flown on UK government buildings all year round.

Those wishing to fly the Union Flag on the designated fixed flag flying days should only fly it from 8am until sunset. Individuals, local authorities and other organisations may fly the Union Flag whenever they wish, subject to compliance with any local planning requirements. The occasions on which the Union Flag is to be flown at half mast are: from the announcement of the death of the Sovereign until the funeral; in the following cases, half mastings will be by special command from Her Majesty: the death of a member or near relative of the royal family or the funeral of members of the royal family; the funerals of foreign rulers; the funerals of Prime Ministers and ex-Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom; the funerals of First Ministers and ex-First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (unless otherwise commanded by the Sovereign, this only applies to flags in their respective countries); and any other occasions as commanded. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport will inform departments of any other occasions when Her Majesty has given a special command. Further information from flying flags can be viewed by visiting the Department for Culture, Media and Sport website. Yorkshire - Main Page Yorkshire - Main Page Historic County of England This is the Umbrella Project Page for Yorkshire, England.

The emblem of Yorkshire is the white rose of the English royal House of York - image right Related Projects Go to People Connected to Yorkshire Yorkshire Succeeded by ; Ceremonial Counties of North Yorkshire,formed on 1 April 1974, East Riding of Yorkshire (see also Humberside) and parts of County Durham. Administrative centre York People from Yorkshire are called - Yorkshire Men Famous for: Landmarks and Places of Interest Castle Howard Newby Hall Nunnington Hall Yorkshire (abbreviated Yks.) is a county of historic origin in Northern England. It is the largest English county. It was originally divided into 3 divisions called Ridings, or "thridings" (Third parts. North, east and West Ridings between them account for about an eighth of England's land area. The county of Yorkshire is the Shire of the City of York or York's Shire. "York" comes from the Viking name for the city, Jórvík. "Shire" is from Old English, scir, and appears to be allied to shear as it is a division of the land.

York comes originally from the latinized Celtic Eboracum, meaning the estate of Eburos; to this was added the wic (dwelling) termination of the Angles, producing Eoforwic. This was rendered as Jorvik by the Danes to become York. The name was first recorded in 1050 as Eoferwicucir. Areas within Yorkshire are widely considered to be among the greenest in England, due to the vast stretches of unspoiled countryside in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moor Historically, the northern boundary of Yorkshire was the River Tees, the eastern boundary was the North Sea coast and the southern boundary was the Humber Estuary and River Don and River Sheaf. The western boundary meandered along the western slopes of the Pennine Hills to again meet the River Tees.[ It is bordered by several other historic counties in the form of County Durham, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Lancashire and Westmorland. Yorkshire is drained by several rivers. In western and central Yorkshire the many rivers empty their waters into the River Ouse which reaches the North Sea via the Humber Estuary.

The most northerly of the rivers in the Ouse system is the River Swale, which drains Swaledale before passing through Richmond and meandering across the Vale of Mowbray. Next, draining Wensleydale, is the River Ure, which joins the Swale east of Boroughbridge. The River Nidd rises on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and flows along Nidderdale before reaching the Vale of York. Yorkshire includes the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, and part of the Peak District National Park. Nidderdale and the Howardian Hills are designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Spurn Point, Flamborough Head and the coastal North York Moors are designated Heritage Coast areas, and are noted for their scenic views with rugged cliffs such as the jet cliffs at Whitby, the limestone cliffs at Filey and the chalk cliffs at Flamborough Head. Moor House - Upper Teesdale, most of which is part of the former North Riding of Yorkshire, is one of England's largest national nature reserves. The Ridings of Yorkshire Left the Riding Divisions; Right Today's divisions 1.

North Riding Stretching across the county from the Pennines to the North Sea is generally speaking predominantly pastoral. Towns in North Riding 1. North Riding Parish Map from The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers 1984. See - open full view. 2. West Riding Parish Maps West Riding a) See - open full view. West Riding b) See - open full view 3. East Riding Parish Map See - open full view. Yorkshire Today Yorkshire is the largest historic English county. It has been subject to a number of significant reforms of local government structures in modern times, the most significant being the Local Government Act 1972 and the 1990s UK local government reform. It currently corresponds to several counties and districts and is mostly contained within the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Controversially in the 1970 Yorkshire and its Ridings lost status in 1974 as part of the Local Government Act 1972. The East Riding was resurrected with reduced boundaries in 1996 with the abolition of Humberside. Most of Yorkshire (with slightly different borders) is now contained within the government office of Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.

This region includes a northern slice of Lincolnshire, but does not include the northern part of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland), which is in the North East England region. Other parts of the historic county of Yorkshire are also in other official regions.

North West England region The area of Yorkshire was divided between a number of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties: Cleveland (southern part) - now Teesside and part of the North Riding Cumbria (part only) - now Sedbergh Rural District from the West Riding Durham (part only) - now Startforth Rural District from the North Riding Greater Manchester (part only) - now Saddleworth Urban District from the West Riding Humberside (northern part) - now Kingston upon Hull and most of the East Riding plus Goole from the West Riding Lancashire (part only) - now Bowland Rural District, Barnoldswick, Earby, and part of Skipton Rural District from the West Riding North Yorkshire - now York; most of the North Riding; Harrogate, Knaresborough and Selby from the West Riding; and part of the East Riding around Filey South Yorkshire - now Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield and Rotherham from the West Riding West Yorkshire - now Bradford, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield from the West Riding Keypoints of changes 1974 1974 - Local Government Act 1972 - the rid

ings lost their lieutenancies and shrievalties and the administrative counties, county boroughs and their councils were abolished.

The area of Yorkshire was divided between a number of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties: Some areas of the historic county were transferred to other counties: Sedbergh, Dent and the rest of the Sedbergh Rural District was transferred from the West Riding to Cumbria (see Westmorland Slaidburn and the rest of Bowland Rural District was transferred from the West Riding to Lancashire Barnoldswick and other places in West Craven were transferred from the West Riding to Lancashire Saddleworth was transferred from the West Riding to Greater Manchester Bowes and the rest of Startforth Rural District was transferred from the North Riding to County Durham Middlesbrough, Redcar and nearby areas were transferred from the North Riding to Cleveland . (The area was returned to Yorkshire in 1996 as part of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire). most of the East Riding was transferred to Humberside. The area became the larger part of the new ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire in 1996. Goole and Goole Rural District was transferred from the West Riding to Humberside. The area became part of the East Riding of Yorkshire in 1996.

The remaining areas of the East Riding and the North Riding, the city of York and northern and eastern areas of the West Riding became North Yorkshire. The remaining areas of the West Riding became the metropolitan counties of South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. 1996 A review of local government took place during the 1990s making a number of changes to the counties created in 1974. As part of the review, Cleveland and Humberside were abolished in 1996 and their districts were reconstituted as unitary authorities. In addition to becoming a unitary authority, the East Riding of Yorkshire was reintroduced as a county for the purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty (also including Hull) and North Yorkshire gained territory for this purpose; the changes to the ceremonial counties were reconfirmed by the Lieutenancies Act 1997.

The unitary districts created are as follows: East Riding of Yorkshire - now Humberside: Beverley, Boothferry (part), East Yorkshire, Holderness; Ceremonial County - East Riding of Yorkshire Hull - now Humberside: Hull; Ceremonial County - East Riding of Yorkshire Middlesbrough - now Cleveland: Middlesbrough; Ceremonial County - North Yorkshire Redcar and Cleveland - now Cleveland: Langbaurgh; Ceremonial County - North Yorkshire Stockton-on-Tees - now Cleveland: Stockton-on-Tees; Ceremonial County - North Yorkshire and County Durham York - now North Yorkshire: York and parts of Selby, Harrogate and Ryedale; Ceremonial County - North Yorkshire If you have Yorkshire connections please join the project. Getting Involved Free to follow, request to collaborate To join the project use the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit See the discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going! How to Participate If you have any queries please start a discussion linked to this project. (See the menu top right). Please add related projects to the menu on the right.

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by Lancashire, and N.W. by Westmorland; length, E. and W., 96 miles; breadth, 80 miles; area, 3,882,851 acres, population 2,886,564. Yorkshire is the first county of England in point of size, and the third in point of population. From the mouth of the Tees to Flamborough Head the coast is bold and rocky; from Flamborough Head to Spurn Head it lies low. The interior presents the appearance of a great central valley stretching SE. to the Humber, and flanked on either side by heights - on the E. by the Cleveland Hills and the Wolds, and on the W. by the Pennine chain. . . Yorkshire takes high rank as an agricultural, manufacturing, and mining county. It is well supplied with every means of communication. It has from an early period been divided into 3 Ridings - viz., East, North, and West, besides the Ainsty or Liberty of the city of York. Each Riding has a lord-lieutenant and a separate court of quarter sessions and a commission of the peace, and statistically is treated as a distinct county.

It contains 26 wapentakes; 3 liberties; 1636 pars. with parts of 2 others; the parliamentary and municipal boroughs of Bradford (3 members), Dewsbury (1 member), Halifax (2 members), Huddersfield (1 member), Kingston upon Hull (3 members), Leeds (5 members), Middlesbrough (1 member), Pontefract (1 member), Scarborough (1 member), Sheffield (5 members), Wakefield (1 member), and York (2 members); and the municipal boroughs of Barnsley, Batley, Beverley, Doncaster, Hedon, Morley, Richmond, Ripon, and Rotherham. It is in the dioceses of York, Ripon, and Manchester." (Transcribed from Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887. -C.H.) For information which is not specific to the county of Yorkshire, please see the England pages and the U.K. and Ireland pages or try the Genuki search engine . If you don't know (or need a re-cap of) terms such as: Dale, Wapentake, Parish, Deanery etc.

please see the page of definitions of terms . INFORMATION RELATED TO ALL OF YORKSHIRE Visitations Archives and Libraries Elsewhere in England for most of the counties you will find a County Record Office, sometimes with "sub-offices". In Yorkshire however the situation is anything but simple, not helped by the change in 1974. Prior to 1974 there were simply the 3 Ridings and York (and these Genuki Yorkshire pages are laid out in that system). After 1974 the overall administrative boundaries of Yorkshire changed, as did the internal boundaries and Yorkshire became North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Humberside, and part of Cleveland with bits of Yorkshire being "given" to County Durham and Lancashire. Since 1974, things have changed yet again but not so drastically. If you are unfortunate enough to be looking for records in the parts that have changed you may have difficulty! There are county record offices for North Yorkshire (not the same as the old North Riding) and the modern East Riding (was North Humberside and not the same as the old East Riding). West Yorkshire (not the same as the West Riding) has all of its records united.

Both Kingston upon Hull and York (which is now in North Yorkshire) have City Archives. For South Yorkshire (the southern part of the old West Riding) has its archive services provided by the four district councils independently. Additionally there are two institutions which hold archives for the whole of the old Yorkshire: The Borthwick Institute of Historical Research of the University of York, and the Yorkshire Archaeological Society (YAS). All of the above services are listed below, along with a few others: The East Riding of Yorkshire Archives Service exists to collect, preserve and make available to the public the historic records of the East Riding. The Archives Service holds over 10,000 linear feet of documents dating from the 12th century to the present day. These records contain information about every community in the East Riding and cover a wide range of subjects. The North Yorkshire County Record Office collects, preserves, and makes available a wealth of archive material relating to the history of the county of North Yorkshire. They hold millions of documents all shapes, sizes and ages which can be used to obtain information for many personal, legal, administrative and historical purposes including tracing ancestors and family history and genealogy. They maintain an online catalogue of descriptions of most of their documents.

The West Yorkshire Archive Service (West Yorkshire County Record Office) exists to preserve the county's heritage of historical documents and to help members of the public make use of them. They have an on-line catalogue covering all five of their offices. The York City Archives are open 9.00 am till 5.00pm Monday to Friday closed for lunch 1.00pm till 2.00pm. They hold the corporation records covering approximately 800 years, and there are no charges for researchers visiting the archives, and no appointment is necessary. Hull City Archives hold a wealth of information, covering the rich and varied fortunes of the city. The collections include non-conformist churches, local families, municipal cemeteries and records of the courts. In addition they hold unique photographs many of which are now accessible online via their historical photographs database. South Yorkshire Brynmor Jones Library Archives and Manuscripts (Hull University): (includes Family and estate papers, and Solicitors' archives) The Friends of Teesside Archives exists to promote and assist Teesside Archives and to promote conservation of documents etc in the Cleveland county area.

Its volunteers, among other things, help with the indexing of parish records, rate books, electoral rolls and other records of interest to family and local historians. The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (now National Archives) has a most useful Web-site which has searchable databases containing information on where collections of archives can be found. The search can be by people, places or Companies.It also has on-line a Manorial Documents Register for England which, although not complete, does cover the whole of Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Film Archive Online has lots of old films on-line, such as the Climmers at Bempton, Queen Victoria in Sheffield, Country Potters, etc. etc. Bibliography and Gateshead in 1939 ". The Dalesman publishing company not only publishes books and magazines about the Yorkshire Dales, but also about the rest of Yorkshire too. They also have a "Family Quest" section on their web-site. Baines's History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, 1822 and 1823. These two volumes cover the whole of the county between them, giving descriptions and/or history of all the places, and a list of people in Trades and Professions for the larger places.

Bulmer's History and Directory for East and North Yorkshire 1892 and 1890, giving descriptions and/or history of all the places, and a list of people in Trades and Professions for the larger places. Dr. Whitaker's History of Craven gives a history of each parish in the Deanery of Craven , complete with pedigrees for the major families. The book was originally published in 1812, and the final updated version in 1878. Cemeteries In her travels round the county, Mel Towler has built up a large number of "Stray" inscriptions. These have been posted to Yorksgen and other lists one at a time and can be seen here, listed complete up to December 2001. Census A list of the 1851 and 1881 Census Yorkshire "strays" (people born in Yorkshire, but not in Yorkshire at the time of the census) including Wales and the counties of Derbyshire, Devon, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northumberland, Surrey and Warwickshire.

Alan Longbottom has transcribed the notes from some of the census data for the years 1821 and 1831: Alan Longbottom has transcribed a list of the places in each registration district for the North and East Ridings. The data gives the place, the area, the district and the district number. Church Records The information from Colin Blanshard Wither's book " Yorkshire Parish Registers " which gives the dates of and the whereabouts of church registers is to be found on each of the Genuki Yorkshire parish pages under "Church Records". The Yorkshire Archaeological Society holds copies of a lot of the parish registers in printed form as books, micro-fiche and CD rom. Please see their Yorkshire Parish Register web-site for more information. The Society of Genealogists hold a considerable number of copies of Parish Registers for Yorkshire and the rest of the counties in the UK. Paver's marriage licenses is a series of extracts from Marriage Licenses, formerly preserved in the Registry of York, is taken from a MS. of Mr. W. Paver. Transcribed by Colin Hinson.

The Northowram Register is a register of nonconformists produced by the Revs Oliver Heywood and T.Dickenson between 1644 and 1752. Transcribed by Colin & Pauline Hinson. Patricia Blackburn has transcribed 'Hearts of Oak' - "A study of the Recusancy in the Moorlands of North East Yorkshire 1569 to 1840" - by J.L. O'Connor Yorkshire (West Riding) . Paul Joiner's Marriage Index for Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire. The Quaker FHS have a series of pages on locating Quaker Records in various parts of the UK. There are separate pages for most of the pre-1974 English counties, including Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project have on line databases which enable the user to trace references to specific individuals and families within Monthly Meeting minute books, eventually for the years 1652 to 1948. These do not cover the whole of Yorkshire.

For the available records for Brighouse; Knaresborough; Leeds; and Settle, see the Leeds University Quaker records site, and for the records that are available for the rest of Yorkshire (the East Riding and part of the North Riding, centred on Malton, Scarborough, Whitby, Pickering, Bridlington, Owstwick, Cave, and Hull) see the Hull University site , following the "Online databases" link. Sheila Wilson Smith has transcribed the Yorkshire "Strays" from the published indexes of The Combined Methodist Baptisms for the Isle of Axholme in the Counties of Lincolnshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Churches Church searches: Find a Church is the UK church directory for Christian Churches of all denominations. In our travels around Yorkshire taking photographs, my wife Pauline and I often come across buildings which appear to have been Churches or Chapels. Some of these buildings we cannot identify - can you help? Civil Registration In general, in order to find a Birth, Death or Marriage registration (or Certificate), you need to deal with the appropriate Registration Office.

To find the Registration Office where this information is now (they changed over the years), you need to go to the appropriate Riding list of Registration districts (In "1" below) to find which Office currently holds the data, and then go to "2" below to find the address of that Office. If you do not know which Riding the place you are looking for is in, then use the "Where is it in Yorkshire" files to find out. You should also look under Towns and Parishes for more information on places in Yorkshire. There is a list of Registration Districts for the East Riding and York , the North Riding and the West Riding , and those places within them maintained by Brett Langston. To compliment this list, there's also an alphabetical index of place-names, showing the counties and districts in which they were situated for the period 1837-1930. There is a list of Register Office addresses for England and Wales, maintained by Peter Abbott. This includes some instructions for obtaining Certificates.

The Yorkshire BMD is an on-going project to put on-line the indexes to births, marriages and deaths, based on the original civil registrations from 1837 to 1950, held at the local register offices of Yorkshire. The Register Offices of the former county of Cleveland (Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar & Cleveland, and Hartlepool) have the indexes of their Registers online. Description and Travel There are two excellent descriptions transcribed from Bulmer's History and gazetteers, one for the East Riding (1892) and one for the North Riding (1890) . A short description of the county transcribed by Steve Garton from Pigot's 1834 Gazetteer and Directory . The Yorkshire Information Centre contains descriptions of various parts of Yorkshire, particularly the northern half. Garry Stockdill has an excellent web site which he calls " Yorksview ". This contains many photographs and description of places mainly (but not all) in the western half of Yorkshire. Garry has also contributed many of the church photographs from the West Riding which appear on this site. AYUP!

- The Best of Yorkshire :(on the Web Archive site) A site totally devoted to all things Yorkshire; all the best sites are linked from the homepage: Newspapers, Tourist Guides, Nightclubs, Football Clubs, Nutty personal sites... they're all here. The magazine section offers outspoken comment on all aspects of northern life. Sections on music, sport and humour together with tributes to Yorkshire celebs and historical figures. Fiercely independent. Totally fresh. (Their words - CH) The freefoto.com website provides photographs for free download. Most of these are linked to from the appropriate parish pages, but some areas cover more than one parish. These are: Swaledale (4 pages), Wensleydale , Wharfedale and The Humber Bridge . Devoted to walking in Yorkshire, the Dales Walks web site gives details (including photos) of walks around the various Yorkshire Dales and " The Three Peaks walk " website gives information and photographs of the walk over the peaks of Ingleborough, Whernside and Penyghent. There are web sites giving lots of photographs and visitor information etc.

for the more popular tourist parts of Yorkshire such as: Tourist guide and where to stay in the North Yorkshire Moors area (the North East of Yorkshire). is a site dedicated to history, identity and places to visit in Yorkshire. Gazetteers A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire (a list of place names, with descriptions) in 1822, by Thomas Langdale. Where is it in Yorkshire? - A hyperlinked index to information on nearly all the places in Yorkshire: cities, towns, villages, most of the hamlets and some single houses. The list also includes links to information on some places which no longer exist. There are pages containing the definitions of territorial terms such as Riding, Wapentake, parish etc. Can you help? The ancient parish pages for the Yorkshire section of Genuki were generated from the above mentioned book by Thomas Langdale. I am unable to locate some of these places in the modern world. If you can tell me where any of these are, it would be much appreciated: Genealogy Surnames interest lists: The Yorkshire Surnames list and is maintained by Magdalena Gorrell Guimaraens.

Please try to make it easy for Magdalena by obeying the rules when submitting your names! For other surnames interest lists, please see the Genuki list of surnames lists . Mailing lists All the links below will take you to John Fuller's list and put you at the appropriate place within that list. If you are looking for other mailing lists for the UK, simply take any one of the links and then search the rest of the page. You will find information on how to subscribe there - if you want to unsubscribe, then use "unsubscribe" instead of "subscribe". If you subscribe to a mailing list, remember to keep the "Welcome" message as it tells you how to unsubscribe. Remember also that it is no use sending a request to unsubscribe to a mailing list itself, as this simply shows people that you didn't read the "Welcome" message!! The YORKSGEN Mailing List is an unmoderated list administrated by Janice Wood, dedicated to the genealogy, and history of the whole of the County of Yorkshire. The scope of this list covers the pre-1974 county boundaries.

Associated with Yorksgen is another list: "Mainly For Family Historians, but for anyone with an interest in Yorkshire - past and present - Yorkshire humour, Yorkshire traditions, Yorkshire food and drink - or if you just want to chat to other Yorkshire folk". To subscribe to this list, please go to: groups.yahoo.com/group/Yorksgen . There is also a web site associated with this list, containing various Yorkshire links and information. The WEST-RIDING Mailing List is an unmoderated list administrated by Dave Jassie, dedicated to the genealogy, and history of the (old) West Riding of Yorkshire. The scope of this list covers the pre-1974 county boundaries which is the area relevant to genealogy. The SHEFFIELD Mailing List is an unmoderated list administrated by Vic Brocklehurst, dedicated to the genealogy and history of the Sheffield and Rotherham areas. The scope of this list covers the same areas as those covered by the Sheffield FHS and the Rotherham FHS.

The EAST-YORKS Mailing List is an unmoderated list administrated by Marion Maychell, dedicated to the genealogy, and history of the (old) East Riding of Yorkshire. The scope of this list covers the pre-1974 county boundaries which is the area relevant to genealogy. The NORTH-YORKS Mailing List is an unmoderated list administrated by Marion Maychell, dedicated to the genealogy, and history of the (old) North Riding of Yorkshire. The scope of this list covers the pre-1974 county boundaries which is the area relevant to genealogy, and also the present North Yorkshire (please note that North Yorkshire covers a large part of the old West Riding, parts of the old East Riding, but not all of the old North Riding) The DEWSBURY Mailing List is an unmoderated list administrated by David Ford. The purpose of the list is to assist researchers who want to narrow the focus of their research in this part of the county. It is not meant to replace the many fine County and Surname lists in existence, but to complement them.

It is designed to cover an area within a five-mile radius of Dewsbury, and therefore includes (but is not exclusive to!) such neighbouring parishes as Birstall, Batley, Earlsheaton, Heckmondwike, Liversedge, Mirfield, Thornhill, etc. Posts on local history and folklore are encouraged as well as genealogy. The ENG-YORKSHIRE Mailing List is an unmoderated list administrated by Dave Jassie. The list is dedicated to the genealogy, as well as the rich history of the people and places from the whole of the County of Yorkshire. The scope of this list covers the pre-1974 county boundaries. The UPPER DALES GROUP mailing list. This list covers Swaledale and Wensleydale, the most northerly of the Yorkshire dales and is administered by Peter Underwood and Ann Wilson. The DONCASTER Mailing list is an unmoderated list administrated by John Rouse, dedicated to the genealogy and history of the Doncaster areas. The scope of this list covers the same ancient parishes as those covered by the Doncaster and District FHS.

The ENG-TODMORDEN Mailing List is an unmoderated list administrated by Carol (of Tree Tops), dedicated to the genealogy and history of Todmorden which borders both Lancashire and Yorkshire. The BRADFORD List is an unmoderated mailing list administered by Jan Perkins. We focus on the area that is covered by the present day Bradford Postal Codes. BD 1-23. Skipton to the North, Tong to the east, Cleckheaton to the south and Keighley area to the west. The LEEDS mailing list is an unmoderated list administrated by Tim Pickard, dedicated to the genealogy and history of the Leeds area. The HALIFAX.

mailing list is an unmoderated list administered by Tana Willis Johnson, for anyone with a genealogical interest in the ancient Parish of Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, including the townships of Halifax, Northowram, Warley, Ovenden, Midgley, Sowerby, Norland, Skircoat, Southowram, Hipperholme, Brighouse, Shelf, Rastrick, Fixby, Elland, Greetland, Stainland, Barkisland, Rishworth, Soyland, Langfield, Erringden, Stansfield, Heptonstall, and Wadsworth. The HARROGATE mailing list is an unmoderated list administered by Elaine Pickard, for anyone with a genealogical interest in the present day Borough of Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, which includes the towns of Harrogate, Knaresborough, Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale, Ripon, Masham and Boroughbridge. The YORK mailing list is an unmoderated list administered by Elaine Pickard, for anyone with a genealogical interest in The Ainsty & City Of York, Yorkshire, England. ENG-YKS-HULL .

A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Hull City, including Sculoates and Drypool parishes. There are also some other mailing lists that cover areas covered by the above, such as the border areas of Yorkshire/Lancashire ( ENG-LANCS-YORKS ). A list of all the mailing lists covering parts of England and or English subjects can be found in the Genuki list of Mailing Lists . For those new to Genealogy and Family History, Roy Stockdill has written a " Newbies Guide ". It is specifically written for the West Riding of Yorkshire, but most of the information will be of interest to a far wider audience. This file should be read in conjunction with the Genuki " Getting started " pages. There are some additional Genealogical links (and some non-genealogical links such as recipes ) for Yorkshire on the Blunham home page. The YORKSGEN lectures and presentations have taken place in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006 with occasional meets for a meal. These presentations are primarily for subscribers to YORKSGEN, but anyone interested in Yorkshire genealogy is welcome to attend.

There are programmes of talks and visits, and opportunities to listen to experts on Yorkshire genealogy. The 2000 event was organised by Conrad Plowman or Anne Harley to whom lots of thanks must go. Resulting from these events are quite a few photographs (along with some sound files). Genweb has a section for Yorkshire. A page of links to web pages dealing with Genealogy for specific families in Yorkshire (you can have your own added if you want). This is a non-Genuki page to compensate for not being able to add these type of links and pages within the Genuki pages (we would be swamped!). History A History of Yorkshire , transcribed from Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of East Yorkshire. is a site dedicated to history, identity and places to visit in Yorkshire. Land and Property Pat Johnson is providing a FREE lookup service of the names contained in her large collection of original Family Deeds . Most of them relate to property and financial transactions and may provide details which aren't available in the more usual sources of parish registers and Wills. Transcriptions of the full documents are available for a modest fee, and the original deeds may also be available for purchase if required.

A list of Yorkshire places which are mentioned is provided onsite. ; Deanna Fowler has kindly made available scans and transcriptions of 4 different land deeds from the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, 3 from Yorkshire and the other of unknown origin. The scans can be downloaded in two different sizes and the translations are given. There are pages containing the definitions of territorial terms such as Riding, Wapentake, parish etc. Originally posted to the Yorksgen mailing list, here are alphabetic lists of the Owners of Land in the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1871. David Simpson has transcribed an indenture for the use of a Windmill at Pudsey. This is an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file. Language and Languages A glossary of unusual words to be found within the Genuki Yorkshire pages. A transcription of the book " Yorkshire Folk talk " dealing with the Eastern half of Yorkshire, written by the Rev. M. Morris in 1892. A transcription of a book of "Lyrics" , some in dialect. Here is a web site dedicated to the Yorkshire dialects , complete with audio.

The Yorkshire Dialect Society was founded in 1897. Maps There are instructions for downloading a detailed electronic map of Yorkshire which shows all the cities, towns and villages, most of the hamlets and some single houses. If printed out at 1:1 scale, this map is appoximately 5 feet square (it is however quite readable at 50% scale). There is a set of three maps showing the parishes for each of the Ridings (the Ainsty is shown with the East Riding). Here is another (smaller) map showing the wapentakes within the 3 Ridings, The Ainsty, and Hull . Tana Willis Johnson has produced a map showing the old Ridings of Yorkshire superimposed on a post 1974 map. The Old Maps website has available various old maps dating from the mid 1800s onwards. It is free to view small sections of these. The Association of British Counties have produced a map of Yorkshire : this unique map shows the historic County of Yorkshire and its three Ridings together with the current (2013) areas for administration within its borders. Please see also Gazetteers .

Military Records Roll of Honour of civilians killed by enemy action in the UK during World War II - listing of nearly 4000 entries relating to Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Regiment , - First World War Remembrance of members of the Regiment. Anji Mungham has provided a LIST OF OFFICERS who have held commissions in the North York Militia and the 4th Battalion (Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own) Yorkshire Regiment, from 1758 to 1907. Here are the STANDING ORDERS for the 65th Regiment (of Foot). [Formed in 1758, later to become the Yorks Lancs]. transcribed by Walt Norris. and a document detailing the recruits for his Majesties 65th Foot commanded by Lieut. Genl. Edward Urmston. These men were probably recruited to fight in the Amercan war of Independence, again transcribed by Walt Norris. The Battle of Britain Historical Society maintains pages giving information on some of the pilots who were killed in during World War II. Sir John Reresby's Militia Troop of 1623 raised from the Strafforth and Tickhill wapentake.

The West Riding Muster Rolls for 1680, Part 1 and Part 2 , transcribed by Denise Oyston. Names (Geographical) " A key to English place names " provides an up-to-date guide to the interpretation of the names of England's cities, towns and villages. This site uses the same pre 1974 county boundaries as this GENUKI.site. Newspapers " This is York " is the web-site for the Evening Press/Gazette & Herald, York/Selby Star & York Advertiser. Jeff Knaggs built the Indexes to Death Notices in Yorkshire Newspapers . Nobility, Gentry etc. A list of the seats of the Nobility, Gentry and clergy for the year 1840 has been transcribed by Marilyn Smith and Maureen Reynolds.

Occupations Coal Mines of Yorkshire ( East and West Riding ) in 1896 Coal Mines of Yorkshire ( North Riding ) in 1896 Metalliferous Mines of Yorkshire ( East and West Riding ) in 1896 Metalliferous Mines of Yorkshire ( North Riding ) in 1896 Salt Wells of Durham and Yorkshire ( North Riding ) in 1896 A list of some of the Boot and Shoe makers of Yorkshire collected by Carole Clyde, and a further list covering the years 1851, 1853 and 1881 for the West Riding only. Officials and Employees Caroline Gaden has transcribed the entries for Public Officers of the North Riding and of the East Riding from Whites Directory and Gazetteer of 1840. Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc. There is also a Workhouse and Hospitals mailing list (hosted by Rootsweb). Probate Records Colin Blanshard Withers has produced a list of all known Indexes and Calendars relating to Yorkshire Probate. This is available in both MS Word format (.doc) and plain text format (.txt) from his site.

The British Origins Network has indexes to a large number of Yorkshire wills in their National Wills Index . Please note that this site requires a subscription to do searches. Societies (200 parishes) Where is it in Yorkshire? - A hyperlinked index to information on nearly all the places in Yorkshire: cities, towns, villages, most of the hamlets and some single houses are included. The list also includes links to information on some places which no longer exist. There is also a large and detailed electronic map of the County. Please see also Maps above. This county is maintained by Colin Hinson, with help and information provided by a great number of people who are credited on the relevant pages. This page is copyright. Do not copy any part of this page or website other than for personal use or as given in the conditions of use . Web-page generated by "DB2html" data-base extraction software ©Colin Hinson 2016

Question: Where are the administrative headquarters of the East Riding of Yorkshire?
Answer: BEVERLEY